Macedonia's president and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Gjorge Ivanov visited Sunday members of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM) in âErebinoâ armament and storage facility.

During todayâs traditional visit on the first day of the new year, President Ivanov congratulated the New Year 2017 to the servicemen engaged during the holidays.

Congratulating the New Year I wish servicemen of ARM to continue professionally to execute the tasks as before. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the New Year to the members of the Army of Republic of Macedonia in peacekeeping missions abroad. They are our pride and we are proud for everything they do and promote Macedonia, Ivanov said.

He thanked the Army for giving help to the police to secure the border in handling illegal migration and assistance during floods that hit Skopje region last year.